Hoese hay-forks



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Letters Patent No. 65,031, dated May 21, 1867.

IMROVEMENT INv HORSE HAY-FORKS.

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Be it knownthat we, MICHAEL WINsLEn, WILLIAM CAMPBELL, and LYMANHanni/IAN, of Tuscarawas county,fand State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful improvements in'Hay-Lifters; and we hereby ideclare that the following is a true, full, and'exact description ofthesaine, reference being had to4 the' accom-v panying drawings, and'to theletters of reference marked thereon. Inthe drawings annexed, which makea. part of this specification i Figure 1 represents a perspective viewof our hay-lifter. v

The letters A and B represent the forks, each having two tines, andbeing made suiiiciently long to hold betweentbem asvmuoh hay as oneperson can conveniently lift. The inner tines of theforks A and B are soconstructed as to lap each other a short distane freni their points, andthere work on the pivot e. On the upper and curved ends'of the forks Aand B are pivoted the clevises c and al, the offices of which willbehereinafter explained. frepresents a bar forked at the lower end, soas to embrace the'curved part of B. The upper end of'barfis pivoted to aclip on thevertical bar gwhioh is lpivoted to fork A.

To prepare our hay-lifter for use a rope will befastened either toclevisc or to a ring at the upper -end .of bar g. The other end of saidrope will be held by the person`in the wagon or in the loft above; Asecond `cord will be fastened to the ring on bar g, and then passedthrough clevis d.

When the ropes are adjusted in the manner above described, the lifterwill be operated as follows:l The person above who holds the end of therope will raise the iifter'to the proper height, and, lettingitfdescen'd on the hay-cock, it will, by its momentum, penetrate the hayas far as required. He will then relax the rope suciently to allow barsg andf to play on their respective pivots. The operator who is placedbelow to manage the lifter will now pull the cord that passes throughthe ring on bar g and clevis d, land by this operation bring the bars'gand d nearly to a horizontal position, and, by throwing the curved endsof forks A and B further apart, will necessarily bring the tines of thetwo forks so close together at their 'pointsas to prevent the hay fromescaping. The lifter, being thus filled, will be drawn up and thecontents Vdischarged by throwing bar g lin a. vertical position, andthus separating the tines and withdrawing them from the hay. I

Having thus described our invention, what-we claim, and desire to-sccureby Letters Patent, is

The forks A and B when constructed and operated in such a manner thatthe point of the, outside tine of each forkv will come in contact withthe point of the inside tineof the other fork, substantially in themanner and for the pnrpose herein set forth.

I MICHAEL WINSLER,

WILLIAM CAMPBELL,

Witnesses: 4LYMAN HARDMAN.

BALDWIN Hrnsl'rs,

S. Hoovnn.

